Welcome to my blog dedicated to my self portrait photography. I've made self portraits since 1971 but have only made a serious effort to make one a day since 2009. Some have incorrectly suggested I invented the "selfie" and even though I made my first one in 1976, people have been making them for years before me. Thanks for checking them out!

Friday, June 4, 2010

Self Portrait with Jay Wolke

Saw a terrific exhibition of work from Italy this week. Jay Wolke work really captures the arch and landscape of southern Italy. Jay is a great guy and an alumni of WU who is currently teaching in Chicago.

About Me

Stan Strembicki was born in Providence, R.I. in 1952. He
attended the University of Rhode Island where he met Bart Parker, the photo professor who would become a life long
inspiration and mentor. He received his
BFA in Photography and Studio Art in 1975.

In 1975 he moved to Southern California where he attended the California
Institute of the Arts and received his MFA in Photography in 1977. In the fall
of 1977 he moved back to the Northeast and taught at Southern Conn. State
University and the University of New Haven till 1982.

In 1982 he accepted a
position as area head of photography at the School of Art at Washington
University in St. Louis, Missouri. He is currently a Professor of Art and Senior
Faculty at the School of Art where he teaches classes on the undergraduate and
graduate level in photography. He has served as Director of Graduate Studies
and Assistant Dean of Students in the School of Art and is currently in "phased retirement" teaching only part time. He founded the
schools study abroad program in Italy and has taught photography workshops in
Florence since 1990.

His work is exhibited widely in the USA and Europe, and is part of major
collections on all seven continents (yes, even Antarctica) along with museums in the Midwest and southern United States. He has a
long history with the city of New Orleans, having first visited the city in
1984. He has photographed the last 26 Mardi Gras events in New Orleans and in
1996 & 2010 lived in the French Quarter during a sabbatical leave. His work in Post
Katrina New Orleans began 30 days after the hurricane hit the city and
continues to this day.